ViewSonic Education

AUGUST 12, 2024

This shift is driving the adoption of advanced emergency response systems , which are essential for large educational institutions. Bridging Communication Gaps So, why do gaps in the communication infrastructure of educational institutions persist? To address these issues, schools are offering comprehensive support services.

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Neo LMS

JUNE 16, 2020

Education technology tools and solutions are becoming commonplace and widespread. As a result, educators must stay on top of trends and pursue ongoing learning in technology. When it comes to professional development for educators, it’s vital to learn about the edtech options available. Take a degree course.

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Edsurge

MARCH 12, 2019

This semester I’m teaching a graduate seminar on education and technology for Georgetown University. Bryan Alexander For my course on Studies in Educational Technology, I wanted to bring all of that in as objects of study—as well as discuss practical decisions for our collective learning experience.

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Edsurge

JANUARY 9, 2025

There were also highly read pieces about the ways that educators and school systems are grappling with rapid change: how to make access to algebra equitable for historically disadvantaged students and catch up to new technology standards aiding students with disabilities. Here are the most popular K-12 stories of 2024.

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Edsurge

MARCH 4, 2025

Recent National Assessment of Educational Progress reading scores dipped to the lowest theyve ever been, falling two points on average for fourth and eighth graders. They also may find playing the game off-putting, she says, or havent had access to technology that can help them, like online tutoring sites, a good laptop or AI programs.

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EdTech Magazine

FEBRUARY 1, 2018

And second, schools are inherently open environments, so districts try to open up network access to as many people as possible. Guests should only have internet access and should not have a path to any of the school’s financial or personnel systems. To give you an example, at the district I worked at in New England as a CIO.

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A Principal's Reflections

MARCH 24, 2010

Educators must be experts in effective communication techniques, especially when it comes to parents. In my experience I have identified 4 key principles that lay a foundation for communicating effectively with parents: Transparency, Honesty, Accessibility, and Flexibility. My website can be viewed by clicking this link.

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Edsurge

MAY 26, 2019

The most effective educational tools and services are ones developed and informed by those with firsthand experience in schools. Having that prior experience has been a huge advantage in building products for educators. Engage Edtech Employees in Extended Learning We call the program Freshman Seminar.

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Digital Promise

FEBRUARY 27, 2019

A Socratic seminar? At the National Geographic Society , we are building a free collection of tools and resources to help teachers learn more about their practice, connect with like-minded educators, find quality resources for their classrooms, and receive feedback and recognition for their expertise. Sounds great! Maybe in October.

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Edsurge

MARCH 28, 2019

This semester I’m teaching a graduate seminar on education and technology for Georgetown University. Though tools to do that are getting more accessible than ever. (I Over the next two months, I’ll share the experience and highlights in a series of columns for EdSurge with highlights from the course. This is part 2.

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Neo LMS

JANUARY 6, 2022

A version of this post was originally published in Education Today , on November 9, 2021. Online education isn’t by any means something new. However, more than ever before, the past two years have led educators to discover alternative ways of teaching. In other words: we must do better. Conclusion.

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Edsurge

NOVEMBER 30, 2020

Yet, fewer than one percent of students worldwide are in what Ray Girn, CEO of Higher Ground Education , would consider an “authentic, high-fidelity Montessori program.” I think that there is an opportunity to achieve what ride-sharing apps or Airbnb have achieved: show the world another way of doing education at a sufficient scale.

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TeachThought - Learn better.

NOVEMBER 21, 2024

Deductive reasoning (process of elimination, for example) is less accessible to the responder. It’s not very scalable in a classroom with one teacher and 34 students, which is where the Socrative Seminar comes in–a ‘built-for-the-classroom structure to bring learning-through-questioning’ into traditional educational spaces.

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Bryan Alexander

JANUARY 14, 2022

This week my spring 2022 seminar began. The topic is education and technology. These seminars are mostly discussion based. As the seminar progresses, they will use technologies they study to create these reflections. Selwyn, Education and Technology: Key Issues and Debates , chapters 1-2. Technology exercises.

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Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 7, 2017

Online courses helped kick off a movement promising that your zipcode no longer had to determine the quality of education you received. Despite these promising developments, however, vast inequity still persists in the United States education system. In the first wave of online learning, we focused on democratizing access to content.

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The CoolCatTeacher

JULY 25, 2023

From the Cool Cat Teacher Blog by Vicki Davis Follow @coolcatteacher on Twitter Educators are the best! So, yesterday I asked educators on “X” (the new rebranded, Twitter, I guess) to share where they are learning about AI. Check out @MyEdTechLife podcasts, all summer hot has interviewed educators using AI.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

MARCH 27, 2018

The past decade saw significant improvements in the application of technology to learning and 2017 became a tipping point where embedding technology into education finally moved from fringe to mainstream, remaking classrooms in the image of the future. More online access to class materials. Dedicated teacher training.

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Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 13, 2023

However, during the seminar, the facilitators jumped directly into piloting GBL activities with attendees. I had hoped the seminar would address the tendency to ignore the impact of Indigenous practices in teaching; instead, it was just another example of appropriation.

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The Hechinger Report

MARCH 15, 2025

Among the surprising answers is that colleges and universities are charging more for online education to subsidize everything else they do, online managers say. Yet 83 percent of online programs in higher education cost students as much as or more than the in-person versions, an annual survey of campus chief online learning officers finds.

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eSchool News

MAY 23, 2024

Education is no different, with many educators worried about students using AI to cheat, while others champion teaching AI skills to ensure students are equipped to enter a competitive workforce. Educators juggle curiosity and a bit of apprehension when it comes to integrating AI into teaching and learning. ” 2. .

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Neo LMS

MARCH 10, 2016

For example, it's nearly impossible for students working in shifts to be present in the classroom up to 80% of classes/lab seminars. If all learning materials can be accessed online, working students can study them at any time, while being anywhere. Find out how exactly e-learning can benefit working students. Permalink

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eSchool News

APRIL 11, 2025

Key points: Ethical PD is a call to action for all involved in teacher professional development Key questions that unleash powerful PLCs GenAI and cultural competency: New priorities in teacher preparation For more news on teacher PD, visit eSNs Educational Leadership hub Teachers are superheroes. So, lets go above and beyond for them.

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Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 22, 2021

The measure aims to fix a longstanding problem in American higher education: Many more people start college than finish on time, within six years—or ever. Department of Education to award $62 billion in grants over a decade to states and public colleges that develop plans to help students complete their college degrees.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

OCTOBER 22, 2018

let’s first look at technology’s place in the current education landscape. True, it is touted as a magic wand that will fix all education woes. It will never: take over education. The human piece to education can’t be overstated. ” — RAND Education. . ” — RAND Education.

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Edsurge

JULY 9, 2018

Unfortunately, most massive open online course (MOOC) platforms still feel like drafty lecture halls instead of intimate seminar rooms. Participants gathered online each week for seminar-style conversations, case study discussions and peer critiques. The answer may be that we need to balance massiveness with miniaturization.

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Neo LMS

AUGUST 9, 2016

The combination of students and mobile devices in the classroom has long been a debate topic among education professionals. First, there are plenty of educational apps available in the App Store or in Google Play; you just need to find the right ones for your class. The one-and-a half-hour seminar almost flew away.

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Edsurge

MARCH 29, 2024

At least 30 colleges closed in 2023, according to an analysis by the State Higher Education Executive Officers Association. She says she joined the faculty because she was intrigued by the opportunity to be part of an education institution “that is actively working to put back those things that were taken from our people for so many decades.”

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Edsurge

JANUARY 30, 2023

And its advertising materials emphasize the community component , with daily seminars, small group tutorials and peer tutoring. During talks with a K-12 public charter school in Phoenix called Arizona State University Preparatory Academy, Khan thought he’d found a way to bring quality education to top students all over the world. “A

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Edsurge

FEBRUARY 26, 2018

Educational innovators can come from any background and be any age. in Educational Innovation, Technology & Entrepreneurship (MEITE). As I considered the curricular experience for educational innovators, my challenge was to a create career pathways experience where our graduate students literally invent the future of learning.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

FEBRUARY 12, 2018

Education is changing. Digital devices, be they iPads, laptops, Chromebooks, Macs, or PCs, give students access to endless amounts of web-based resources for research, inquiry, collaboration, sharing, and more. Teachers pick specific skills that fill the holes in their education toolkit. Not anymore. personalized.

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Neo LMS

DECEMBER 12, 2017

Naturally, this benefits their students because their teacher continues to stay abreast of the latest developments and trends in education, and it also benefits the teacher who gains certifications, and improves their earning potential. Despite the advantages, PD is also a challenge for many teachers. WHY micro-credentials for PD?

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Edsurge

NOVEMBER 17, 2021

Last summer, not far from the doorsteps of Oakland Unified School District, a group of parents came together to build an academic program from scratch in an effort to close the gap between the education their children were getting in school and the education they deserved.

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Edsurge

JUNE 5, 2019

This semester I’m teaching a graduate seminar on education and technology for Georgetown University. Read part 1 , part 2 (about audio) , part 3 (about video) , and part 4 (about mobile tech in education). Gaps opened up by race, income, education and geography drive wedges between technologies and entire populations.

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The Hechinger Report

MAY 5, 2024

Education has become a major battleground for the attempted anti-racist paradigm shift of diversity, equity and inclusion work; mirroring society, this work remains stuck in a cycle of advancement and retaliation. Education administrators at all levels need to act now to resist a rising tide of efforts against social science knowledge.

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Edsurge

APRIL 18, 2019

This semester I’m teaching a graduate seminar on education and technology for Georgetown University. And new kinds of educational institutions have emerged, like the nonprofit Khan Academy , with its thousands of free educational videos on a wide range of subjects. This is part 3. Read part 1 and part 2.

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Edsurge

AUGUST 24, 2022

Over the past 12 months, I learned more than any textbook could ever explain, more than any seminar could ever teach, and more than any video could ever portray. Over the past 12 months, I learned more than any textbook could ever explain, more than any seminar could ever teach, and more than any video could ever portray.

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Edsurge

MAY 5, 2021

As the pandemic wanes, a chorus of commentators are offering predictions about what mark it will leave on higher education—with some forecasting colleges collapsing and others seeing increasing alliances with commercial partners. Most anticipate the growing centrality of online learning in university life.

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